We Need New Names
by NoViolet Bulawayo · 2013
Literary Fiction · ranked #118 in category
Darling grows up in Paradise, a Zimbabwean shantytown, stealing guavas and playing games with her friends, before being sent to live with her aunt in America. Bulawayo's debut novel follows Darling's immigration and assimilation — and her growing understanding of what she carried and what she left behind.
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